Chokehold case stirs debate on special prosecutors
By JENNIFER PELTZ After a police officer wasn’t indicted in a fatal chokehold caught on video, some officials are reviving calls to entrust such cases to special prosecutors, rather than…
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POLICE PROBING BROOKLYN BRIDGE FLAG SWITCH
A white flag flies atop the west tower of New York’s Brooklyn Bridge, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Two large American flags atop the Brooklyn Bridge were replaced sometime during the…
DE BLASIO VOWS SWEEPING CHANGE AS NYC’S NEXT MAYOR
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio stands with his wife, Chirlane McCray as they talk with school children at MS 51 after he announced Carmen Farina as the next…
Cannon from 1777 battle back ‘home’ in upstate NY
By CHRIS CAROLA Saratoga National Historical Park Curator Christine Valosin, left, and superintendent Joe Finan pose with a Revolutionary War cannon after a ceremony for the cannon at the park…
Slain musicians came to NYC for music freedom
By TOM HAYS and COLLEEN LONG This 2012 photo shows Yellow Dogs band member, guitarist Soroush Farazmand at the Death By Audio performance space in the Brooklyn borough of New…
2 MORE BIKERS HELD IN NYC MOTORCYCLE-SUV BRAWL
This undated photo provided by his family’s attorney on Friday, Oct. 4, 2013 shows Edwin Mieses Jr. after he was struck by an SUV during a motorcycle rally in New…
VOTING PROBLEMS PLAGUE NYC PRIMARY ELECTION
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, arrive to cast their primary votes, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, at the Park Slope Public Library in…
NYC MAYOR HOPEFULS MARCH IN WEST INDIAN DAY PARADE
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Dressed in costume, Kelva Joseph makes her way along Eastern Parkway in the Brooklyn borough of New York during the West Indian Day Parade, Monday, Sept. 2,…